Stats: Despite missing five games with an ankle injury, he is fifth on the team with 58 tackles, with one interception and one forced fumble.

Bet you didn’t know … : “I have a small case of OCD. I’m obsessive about things being in the right area. I don’t like clutter.”

Chose Oregon because … : Didn’t have any scholarship offers after injury-riddle career at De La Salle H.S., but walked-on at Oregon because “it was close enough to home, but not too far. And besides the athletic program, it was a very good school.”

Most memorable play: His interception of Matt Barkley in the closing seconds of the Ducks’ victory over USC. “We just demolished them, and that was my first game back (from injury) and to get that pick put the nail in the coffin for them.”

Quotable: “It just feels like all the hard work is paying off. You work for something for so long and it’s finally here. You can taste it, you can touch it; it’s within your grasp and all you have to do is take it.”